This position is responsible for supervising the operations and maintenance of an assigned landfill.

• Trains, assigns, schedules, supervises, evaluates, and disciplines Waste Disposal personnel.
• Plans, manages and supervises compost operation and production.
• Identifies new sources of material for all waste diversion programs.
• Manages and develops relationships to acquire and sell material for said programs.
• Operates heavy equipment, inspects loads, and directs to proper disposal area.
• Inspects work for compliance with rules, regulations, and safety guidelines; conducts equipment and inventory inspections.
• Assists in developing and monitoring the division budget.
• Enforces environmental regulations; completes regular inspections of facilities.
• Creates and maintains various reports and logs regarding production, safety, inventory, and regulatory oversight.
• Develops, coordinates, and oversees all waste diversion programs within the department.
• Attends training seminars and conferences to stay current with new trends and technologies in the composting and waste diversion industry.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques utilized in the operation of a composting and solid waste facility.
• Knowledge of federal and state regulations associated with composing operations.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of report preparation, filing, and records management.
• Skill in budgetary development and management.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of public administration.
• Skill in developing and implementing policies and procedures.
• Skill in problem-solving and decision-making.
• Skill in management and supervision.
• Skill in operating medium to heavy equipment that would be used in a composting and solid waste facility.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in operating medium and heavy equipment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to three years.

The work is typically performed outdoors while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee frequently lifts light and occasionally heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and must be able to distinguish between shades of color.

• Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Climbing – ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Crawling – moving about on hands, knees, or hands, feet.
• Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing – use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word
• Talking 2 – shouting to be heard above ambient noise.
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Visual Acuity 4 - operate motor vehicles/heavy equipment.
• Visual Acuity 5 -close acuity for inspection of small defects, machines, use measurement devices, or fabricate parts.
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office and outdoors, occasionally in cold or inclement weather. The employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, irritating chemicals, contagious or infectious diseases, and machinery with moving parts. The work requires the use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, or gloves.